The Farmville Fire Depart-ment received a call about a fire that took place at 412 Longwood Ave. at approximately 4:19 p.m. on Saturday, March 22. The blaze was started by a young boy who was about 10 years old playing with fire in his backyard.
The fire quickly spread into the garage and through the backyard into a field next to Sunoco on Third Street, according to Chief of Farmville Fire Department Andrew Goss. There were no injuries and the only property loss was the garage, and the back of the house was also damaged, but the fire did not get inside.
The chief noted that Saturday was a Class III day, meaning higher danger, more than 15 knot winds, less than 25 percent humidity and very dry conditions.
Four separate fire departments had to be called in to get control over this fire.
